It was great to see everyone who came to the Silver Lake Visioning Summit on Saturday. Participants worked to define the community and identify priorities for the coming years.Here's a summary of what the participants discussed:
Who is Silver Lake?
- An involved community: Great groups, activists, Neighborhood Council and Associations
- Diverse population: Ethnic, sexual orientation, professional, socio-economic
- Compassionate: Tolerant, gives back
- Creative: Art, architecture,
- Vibrant businesses and business corridor: Independent shops and restaurants, great cafes, locally-owned businesses
- Central location: Close to downtown and Hollywood
- Connected, walkable, bikeable, driveable place: Bike lanes, stair streets, sidewalks
- A beautiful neighborhood: Old trees and homes, lake, new library, Bellevue and Silver Lake Rec Centers
- Vibrant history: character, architecture, film studios
- Great scale: small business, navigable streets
- A clean and beautiful community with great streets:
- Maintain and further landscaping medians
- Develop and implement streetscape plans (way-finding, trees, and bus shelters)
- Green and beautify alleyways
- Clean the streets, beautify bridges
- Pave streets
- A navigable neighborhood (multi-modal transportation)
- Calm traffic (stop signs, road diets)
- DASH Bus (weekends only perhaps?)
- Pedestrian improvements (sidewalks and crosswalks)
- Bicycle improvements
- Car improvements (parking lots, meter upgrades, paving)
- Connected community:
- Bridging the N-S, NE/Rampart, CD4/13
- Wi-Fi
- Track unfinished projects
- Better community collaboration
- Preserving what is good about Silver Lake
- Existing scale, density, views, affordability
- Expand youth opportunity
- Boys and Girls Club, after school programs
- Bellevue Improvements
- Jewish Community Center
- Celebrate arts and culture
- Festivals, art opportunities
- Reflected on the streetscape
- Continue compassion
- RV park perhaps?
- Economic amenities
- Mid-size markets
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